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232 Almighty are deviated from. Merely calling oneself a Muslim, pledging Bai ‘ at outwardly , or simply pronouncing the words of the declaration of faith is of no true substance in the sight of God Almighty. For such a person to claim this to be their ‘faith’ is to mock and disrespect the f aith and only proves one’s hypocrisy and dishonesty. Only that person is truly righteo us in the sight of God Almighty , who obeys the commands of God Almighty and fully dons the yoke of servitude around his neck. If a person does not obey the commands of Allah , then even if he proclaims his faith ten thousand times, he forever remains a Yaz i d or an Abu Jahl [enemy of the Holy Prophet sa ]. And eve n if such a person proclaims ten thousand times that he is a Muslim, his claim is not worth y of even a seed of rye before the sight of God Almighty. It is only the complete obedience of and the complete submission to the Holy Prophet sa and the Holy Qur’an which makes one a true believer. Otherwise, even if he calls himself a Muslim by proclaiming the Declaration of Faith ten billion times, such a person is a liar and deceiver. At another place, God Almighty expresses th is same truth by saying: | َو َﻣ ۡﻦ َّﻳ ۡﺒ َﺘ ِﻎ َﻏ َۡري ا ِۡﻻ ۡﺳ َﻼ ِم ِد ۡﻳ ًﻨ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ۡﻦ ُّﻳ ۡﻘ َﺒ َﻞ ِﻣ ۡﻨ ُﻪ “ And whoso seeks a religion other than Islam , it shall not be accepted of him. ” (Holy Qur’an , Ch. 3: V. 86) This means that if one adopts a way other than that of complete submission and obedience to Allah , then it will never be accepted under any condition. Thus, merely saying that one is a Muslim or an Ahmadi is of no use to anyone until one actually demonstrates complete submission and obedience in one’s conduct. I have noticed that though most Ahmadis have started to pay chanda and a great many of them also regularly offer Sal ā t , but ever sin ce the independence of Pakistan, some have abandoned p urdah. This weakness is prevalent mostly in the well - off families. I wonder about these shameless and cowardly people that when they are failing to abide by the directives of the Holy Prophet sa , of what service will they be to